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Calling the military “defense” has always been doublespeak. Its literally the opposite of what they do. Department of war is the correct term.
Obviously this administration are all monsters, and they’re changing the name because they think they think it sounds intimidating. But the name change is the one good thing this administration has done, clearly in error.
DoD uses to be called DoW, but was changed to give a better image of the country. Reverting back to DoW under this administration, is not the good sign people think it is.
Also, that joke Pete Hegseth can’t even do a proper pull up, let alone a chin up. Pathetic.
Department of war is the correct term.
I’m reminded of when Google took the “Don’t Be Evil” motto off their homepage.
Yeah, it was corporate bullshit. Yeah, they’ve been up to no good for a while. But when you start changing out the “We’re just here to do a good job” curtains for the “They’re red so the bloodstains are less visible” ones, it can’t help but make you a little nervous.
I was thinking maybe the American public will start to question why we are spending so much on war. It is an insane budget and the doublespeak of it being for defense helped selling the idea to the public. Maybe he accidentally did something will will help reign in our over spending on war…
I hate that my Q family will believe exactly this: that he did it with the goal of waking people up.
I can see him stumble into some progressive policies…He will kill the economy and have enough of an outrage about cutting Medicaid that enough of his supporters will demand trumpcare. He can also start trump bucks, a monthly payout, so that the economy will still be stimulated. Just pitch it to him as something he can take away from US citizens, if they protest against him. He loves his name on shit, so just name the policies after him and he’ll probably think it’s a good deal.
I was thinking maybe the American public will start to question why we are spending so much on war.
To Keep Us Safe! To Defeat The Foreign Evil! To Bring Godlessness Back To Our Broken World!
It is an insane budget
I would be more comfortable with the US government taking its $1.4T national security budget and throwing it in a big burn pit than I am with our current policy. I’m less concerned with the volume of money than in what it is being spent on.
Me sound tough with the word WAR in me title. Just look at how tough me is with scary word WAR!
You’re either with our square-jawed Fox News dittohead or you’re with the Terrorists.
He must be a true warrior.
He must be a true wario
Pathetic little man…
Just out of curiosity, how many wars have you people won on your own?
The Civil War?
Really? There was absolutely no French assistance there?
You’re thinking of the Revolutionary War. In the US Civil War, the Second French Empire was friendly towards the Confederates, not the Union.
Well, they also lost that one.
Due to not punishing the traitors hard enough, we really only paused it.
Northerners: The American Civil War
Southerners: The War for States’ Rights
Deep Southerners: The War of Northern Aggression
Deep Deep Rednecks: North 1, South 0, HALFTIME!
I went to college, only about 10 years ago, somewhere where the redneck fraternity chanted “1, 2, 3 Robert E Lee! 3, 2, 1 South Shoulda Won!”
I think this time it would be cheaper to just let them secede and pay relocation expenses for the remaining good people.
The confederates had indirect help from some other countries, but they didn’t win so… Yeah.
A couple engagements against Mexico and clobbered the absolute hell out of the geriatric of the Spanish Empire at the turn of the century. I would also go so far as to say European powers did essentially nothing against the Empire of Japan during WW2, but the Chinese fought a nasty decade long war against the Japanese with serious technical and military support from the US. The Pacific theater was essentially the US Naval Department (Navy and Marines) vs the Japanese Naval Department while the bulk of both Armies were preoccupied in different theaters.
Mmm, have to disagree on the European powers not doing anything against Japan. While true that the island hopping campaign of MacArthur was the majority of what was going on, the British forces were heavily engaged in the China Burma India theatre which was a nasty, nasty ground war that helped keep the Nationalist Chinese in the fight by delivering supplies via the Burma road and over the “hump” by air.
If Trump does get a peace prize then nothing will mean anything anymore.
did they officially change it from defense? that might be the first honest thing they’ve done in their miserable lives in pursuit of fascistic grandstanding.
My first split-second initial reaction was “oh hey they’re being honest for once”, but that was very swiftly followed by “oh fuck what are they teeing up here, they’re not doing this for no reason”
I think they are just trying to start some wars so Trump can stay in power. Probably in central america? They did just sink a boat / murdered some people there.
Trump has been calling himself a war-time president (the war is unspecified) and saying how nice it would be if he could suspend elections and stay in power due to a war. This has been in the making for a while. If he’s still alive in 3 years, he’ll start a war to stay in power.
Right now it’s an alternate name via executive order. Officially changing the name from Department of Defense to Department of War requires an act of Congress.
Congress is already warming up their hands to make sure the ball fondling pleases Trump.
the thing to do here is to continue referring to it as the DoD. I know that nobody of any consequence will do anything that could be construed as interesting but a person can dream
I think most people who say DoD in real life are doing it for work.
Liver damage needs to hurry TF up breh, he’s so embarrassing.You mean cirrhosis?
Look, man, I’m doing my best on a motor with no compression here 😔
Liver sclerosis would be pretty bad too, if it were a thing
For those like me who don’t know what tf it is:
Sclerosis (from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós) ‘hard’) is the stiffening of a tissue or anatomical feature, usually caused by a replacement of the normal organ-specific tissue with connective tissue. The structure may be said to have undergone sclerotic changes or display sclerotic lesions, which refers to the process of sclerosis.
Other than the war on US cities and people that are different than him, what war?
Imagine making “I’m the secretary of war of the most well funded military the world has ever known” as your whole personality. Sad, pathetic, get a hobby, get a real job
The other day he was going on about how he ended 7 wars (wtf is he talking about?) and how he ran on anti war, but he loves war clearly
Those were the Losing Wars that were started by the bad stupid democrats.
He’s going to do the Winning Wars that Make America Great Again.
Yuge difference.
So Donald or anyone in his family are going to do their service now then?
Right?
Every single black, brown, and Asian country, and probably Canada too:
We been looking at you like that since G.W.
